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ERRATUM Erratum to: The Alteration of Zinc Transporter Gene Expression Is Associated with Inflammatory Markers in Obese Women Hwayoung Noh & Hee Young Paik & Jihye Kim & Jayong Chung Published online: 6 June 2014 # Springer Science+Business Media New York 2014 Erratum to: Biol Trace Elem Res (2014) 158:1-8 DOI 10.1007/s12011-014-9902-1 The Editors regret that there are errors in Table 3 in the article by Noh et al: The Alteration of Zinc Transporter Gene Expression is Associated with Inflammatory Markers in Obese Women,Biol Trace Elem Res (2014) 158:1-8, DOI 10.1007/s12011-014-9902-1. Three asterisks indicating p <0. 001 belong only in rows 1 and 2 (BMI and body fat), columns 13 (ZnT4, ZnT5, ZnT7) and columns 4, 5 (Zip1, Zip4). The correct Table 3 is presented here. The online version of the original article can be found at http://dx.doi.org/ 10.1007/s12011-014-9902-1. H. Noh : H. Y. Paik Department of Food and Nutrition, College of Human Ecology, Seoul National University, Seoul 151-742, South Korea J. Kim (*) Department of Medical Nutrition, Graduate School of East-West Medical Science, Kyung Hee University, 1732 Deogyeong-daero, Giheung-gu, Yongin-si, Gyeonggi-do 446-701, South Korea e-mail: [email protected] J. Kim Research Institute of Medical Nutrition, Kyung Hee University, Seoul 130-701, South Korea J. Chung (*) Department of Food and Nutrition, College of Human Ecology, Kyung Hee University, 26 Kyunghee-daero Dongdaemun-gu, Seoul 130-701, South Korea e-mail: [email protected] Biol Trace Elem Res (2014) 160:153154 DOI 10.1007/s12011-014-0012-x

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Erratum to: The Alteration of Zinc Transporter Gene ExpressionIs Associated with Inflammatory Markers in Obese Women

Hwayoung Noh & Hee Young Paik & Jihye Kim &

Jayong Chung

Published online: 6 June 2014# Springer Science+Business Media New York 2014

Erratum to: Biol Trace Elem Res (2014) 158:1-8DOI 10.1007/s12011-014-9902-1

The Editors regret that there are errors in Table 3 in the articleby Noh et al: “The Alteration of Zinc Transporter GeneExpression is Associated with Inflammatory Markers inObese Women,” Biol Trace Elem Res (2014) 158:1-8, DOI10.1007/s12011-014-9902-1. Three asterisks indicating p<0.001 belong only in rows 1 and 2 (BMI and body fat), columns1–3 (ZnT4, ZnT5, ZnT7) and columns 4, 5 (Zip1, Zip4). Thecorrect Table 3 is presented here.

The online version of the original article can be found at http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12011-014-9902-1.

H. Noh :H. Y. PaikDepartment of Food and Nutrition, College of Human Ecology,Seoul National University, Seoul 151-742, South Korea

J. Kim (*)Department of Medical Nutrition, Graduate School of East-WestMedical Science, Kyung Hee University, 1732 Deogyeong-daero,Giheung-gu, Yongin-si, Gyeonggi-do 446-701, South Koreae-mail: [email protected]

J. KimResearch Institute of Medical Nutrition, Kyung Hee University,Seoul 130-701, South Korea

J. Chung (*)Department of Food and Nutrition, College of Human Ecology,Kyung Hee University, 26 Kyunghee-daero Dongdaemun-gu,Seoul 130-701, South Koreae-mail: [email protected]

Biol Trace Elem Res (2014) 160:153–154DOI 10.1007/s12011-014-0012-x

Table 3 Spearman’s correlation coefficients among the mRNA levels of leukocyte zinc transporters, anthropometric measurements, zinc status,inflammatory markers, and biochemical parameters in subjects (n=55)a

ZnT4 ZnT5 ZnT7 ZnT9 Zip1 Zip4 Zip6

Anthropometric measurements

BMI (kg/m2) −0.70*** −0.59*** 0.57*** −0.31* −0.65*** −0.50*** −0.27*

Body fat (%) −0.67*** −0.60*** 0.58*** −0.29* −0.61*** −0.53*** −0.20Zinc statusa

Zinc intake (mg/d) 0.02 −0.02 0.11 0.03 0.18 0.08 0.16

Serum zinc (μmol/L) −0.04 −0.11 0.00 −0.04 0.12 0.06 0.00

Urine zinc (ug/mg creatinine) 0.24 0.26 0.21 0.32* 0.07 0.18 0.31*

SOD (U/mL) −0.02 0.09 −0.16 0.00 0.15 0.10 −0.08Inflammatory markersa

hs-CRP (nmol/L) −0.30* −0.23 −0.08 −0.10 −0.32* 0.04 −0.29*

TNFα (pg/mL) −0.30* −0.28* −0.11 −0.05 −0.25 −0.01 −0.11IL-6 (pg/mL) 0.19 0.10 −0.03 0.16 0.20 0.22 0.07

Biochemical parametersa

Triacylglycerol(mmol/L) −0.03 −0.13 0.27 −0.11 −0.17 0.03 0.05

Total cholesterol (mmol/L) 0.10 0.01 0.22 −0.19 −0.19 0.16 0.01

Insulin (pmol/L) 0.01 0.07 0.00 0.00 −0.19 0.18 −0.01Adiponectin (μg/mL) −0.05 −0.01 −0.05 −0.02 0.01 0.03 −0.02Leptin (μg/L) −0.20 −0.18 0.21 0.05 −0.03 −0.01 0.12

SOD superoxide dismutase, hs-CRP high sensitivity C-reactive protein, TNFα tumor necrosis factor-alpha, IL-6 interleukin-6a Adjusted for BMI by Spearman’s partial correlation analysis *P<0.05; ***P<0.001

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